Stella Scrivens, BACP

Stella Scrivens is a person-centred counsellor registered in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works from a warm, empathic, and non-judgemental stance, offering a space where people can safely explore stress, anxiety, trauma, abuse, grief and loss, addictions, depression, relationship and family challenges, and a broad range of other concerns. Stella meets each person with genuine respect and acceptance and operates from the belief that individuals are the experts of their own lives. Her role is to walk alongside clients rather than direct or diagnose, helping them make sense of what they are experiencing and supporting steps toward greater wellbeing.

Stella holds BACP accreditation - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and draws on several therapeutic trainings to tailor work to each person. She is trained in Rewind therapy, a trauma-focused method sometimes described as offering closure without detailed disclosure. She also uses transactional analysis to explore child and parent ego states and is trained in clinical hypnotherapy, a gentle approach that can support issues such as phobias, fear of flying, and weight management. Stella welcomes international clients and aims to empower people as they take the courageous step of seeking a more fulfilling life.

Approaches for Online Support and Healing

Stella integrates client-centred therapy, hypnotherapy, and trauma-focused methods into her online work. Client-centred therapy emphasizes empathic listening and acceptance - it helps people explore feelings and values at their own pace and is useful for issues like low self-esteem, relationship challenges, and coping with life changes. Clinical hypnotherapy is a gentle, focused technique that can help with phobias, sleep and eating patterns, and habit change by working with attention and suggestion in a relaxed state. Trauma-focused approaches, including Rewind-style work, are aimed at reducing the emotional charge of painful memories and supporting recovery from trauma and abuse.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Stella collaborates with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the mix of approaches as the work develops. This collaborative planning helps ensure therapy feels relevant and manageable.

Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, travel constraints, or distance. These options make it easier to access consistent support from a qualified therapist while fitting therapy into day-to-day life.